Trump Calls In To Colbert, Gets Booed For Saying Vote On Scalia’s Successor Should Be Delayed [VIDEO]

Mediaite recaps:



On Tuesday night, Late Show host and South Carolina native Stephen Colbert got the opportunity to receive one such call, and in typical Colbert style, the staff rolled out a “Trump phone” complete with Donald-approved hair for the event.Colbert pushed the GOP frontrunner on his penchant for foul language on the stump, which is a tactic that Trump has admitted he would cut back on to appeal to voters in South Carolina. “These are very minor words and in many cases, I bleep them out myself,” Trump told Colbert.

As for the Presidential appointment of the next Supreme Court Justice, Trump did admit that if he were President he would work to push through a nominee. However, the real power lies in the Senate: “The Senate has a pretty daunting right… whoever the next President is should pick the next Supreme Court Justice.” As the crowd at the Ed Sullivan Theater collectively booed the response, Colbert joked, “You’re not making any friends here, Donald.